This Week in Wool Strong Finish to Wool Season
There was a healthy and confident close of the wool season at Sydney, Adelaide and Albury. At Sydney, where Dalgetys closed the season’ sales,…
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Farming & the land, 1957
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Australia Must Grow More Wool
Wool consumption of apparel wool has been running ahead of production for several…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ostriches As Sheep’s Watchdogs
Most intriguing wool news item of the week comes from Dalgety’s Pretoria correspondent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This Week in Wool Wool Cheque Near £480 Million
The 1956-57 wool-selling season has closed in Australia with a clearance of approximately 4.8 million bales. Averaging almost £100 per bale, the wool cheque will be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cheap Wheat For Use As Drought Feed
A comparison of ruling wheat and oat costs show that wheat is the more economical for the drought…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cattle Raising Improved by New Methods
Demonstrations of cattle-raising methods being conducted by the NSW Department of Agriculture on the properties South Bukalong and Kyleston at Bombala may provide…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hybrid Maize Seed Crops “Best Seen”
“Hybrid maize seed crops on the far south coast this year are the best I have ever seen.”…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Penny Wise Farmers Save Many Pounds
The cost of 20 tons of hay at present prices, spent in time of plenty, would save graziers many hundreds of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tharwa Girl’s Sheep Show Win
A Junior Farmer who enjoys, training sheep dogs, won a grand championships ribbon with her Merino ewe at this year’s Sydney Sheep Show. She is Elleen McCormack,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Goulburn Had Another Record Wool Season
Farmers and Graziers handles a record number of 71,609 bales for the wool-selling season at Goulburn. This figure was disclosed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Research Work Urged
Intensified wool research efforts would immeasurably help wool improve its stand against competition, U.S…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Keen Interest In Goulburn Sheep Sale
Goldsbrough Mort and Co. Ltd., report having conducted the first Special Sale since the break in the season at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Minister Comments on Wool Clip Estimates
Commenting on the estimates of wool production for the present season made by the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers the Australian Woolgrowers’ Council and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Brokers Agree to Continue Handling One & Two-bale Lots
After appeals from the Graziers’ Association of NSW, and other wool-grower organisations, the Sydney Wool Selling Brokers have agreed not to make the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Priest Is Sheep Dog Expert
With a background of family life on his father’s grazing property. Father John Morrison, now the parish priest at Boorowa, is well known as a sheep dog judge and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local Graziers Oppose Move to Export Sheep
Queanbeyan branch of the Australian Graziers’ Association yesterday voiced strong opposition to the lifting of the ban on the export of Merino sheep. At its annual General…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Junior Farmer Club Celebrates Sixth Birthday
On Wednesday night Queanbeyan Junior Farmers celebrated the sixth birthday of their Club at a social in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wet Conditions Affect Sheep
In his monthly report for June, the District Agronomist (Mr. P. N. Armstrong) said that sheep had been hard hit…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CSIRO Wants Local sheep For Research
Supplies of ewes suffering from pregnancy toxaemia arc urgently require by the CSIRO for research…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local Junior Farmer Wins District Final
Queanbeyan Junior Farmer, “Tim” McInnes, has won the Yarralumla District Final m the “Star” Junior Farmer Competition for 1957…
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